Three Markets
Our products are used in three markets:
sign graphics, industrial products, and textile & apparel.
We develop original industrial inkjet printers and cutting plotters and supply them worldwide.
Things created with our products are all around you
All of these things can be printed with inkjet printers.
Having set for ourselves a development challenge of “printing on anything other than water and air,” we are opening up markets with the unique added value of our products.
Sign Graphics (SG / Advertisements, signboards)
The products for this market are models designed to produce visual communications, such as advertising signboards, window graphics, car wrappings, and soft signs. We have set the standard in this market for the speed and beauty of inkjet printing.
Main printing materials: PVC sheeting, banner sheeting, and window film, and so on.
Examples of application
Outdoor signage
Window graphics
Car wrapping
Soft signs
Industrial Products (IP / Industrial and promotional products)
Our products in the IP industry employ the features of UV-curable ink, which can print onto a wide variety of materials such as metal, wood, and plastic. They are used on manufacturing floors to make such things as gifts, novelty items, and industrial products.
Main printing materials: plastic, acrylic, glass, metal, and wood, and so on.
Examples of application
Smartphone cases
Toys
Cards (variable printing)
Electrical appliances (industrial printing)
Textile & Apparel (TA / Clothing, fabrics)
Our products in the TA industry can print on fabrics such as cloth before sewing (textiles) and ready-made clothes such as T-shirts (apparel). They are helping to open up new TA printing businesses that offer the kind of high-mix, low-volume production which is possible when printing plates are not needed.
Main printing materials: polyester, rayon, cotton, and silk
Examples of application
Fashion apparel
Sport apparel
Sneakers (upper material)
Interior accessories and fabrics
Continually boosting sales by introducing new products at different phases in the SG, IP, and TA markets
A single market faces the problem of rises and falls that occur in sales over the product lifecycle interval. Each year, however, MIMAKI introduces new products at different phases in the SG, IP, and TA markets, creating a structure with ever-increasing sales.
Our breadth of expertise in technology, including chemistry, is a major strength.
We develop original functional inks that deliver added value to our printers and enable printing on a wide variety of materials.
Our repertoire of inks suited to different applications is one of our major strengths in developing inkjet printers for such diverse fields as SG, IP, and TA.
Our lineup of original inks is a company strength.
